Furniture-casing.



A. T. WEISS.

FURNITURE CASING. APPLICATION FILED JAN.26.1514.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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ALBERT T. WEISS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO YAWMAN ERBE MFG.00., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FURNITURE-CASING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

7 Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,408.

To all whom it may concern:

: Be it known that I, ALBERT T. VVniss, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of'New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Furniture- Casings; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereonl My presentinvention relates to furniture and more particularly to metallicfurniture of the type used in office and library, such as bookcases andfiling cabinets, and it has for its object to provide a sheet metalcasing or shell of simple and economical construction that can beassembledv or knocked down with ease, the improvements being moreparticularly directed to the construction and mode of attachment of alateral wall of the casing.

1 A further object of the invention is to fit such a casing for use as asectional unit for the so-called elastic or sectional furniture. 7 --Tothese and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements andcombinations of parts, all as will :be hereinafter more fully described,themdyel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of thespecification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective .view of a sheet metal casingconstructed in accordance with and illustratmg one embodiment of myinvention, the point of view being rearwardyFig. 2 is a similar enlargedbut fragmentary view showing the rear wall detached and with a portionof the end wall removed; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of theback wall, the'point of view being from the inside; Fig. 4: is avertical sectional view taken from front to rear, substantially on theline JP-4 of Fig. 6; Fig. 5 isa fragmentary horizontal section takenthrough an end wall and art of the back wall; Fig. 6 is a vertical 7tion through an end wall taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5,and Fig? is a fragmentary top planview of a corner of the casing.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicate thesame parts. I have illustrated my improvements in the as embodied in asectional furniture unit of a sha e known as a horizo ntal unit becauseor its greatest dimenragmentary sec-- sion being horizontal, which'typeis often used as a single book shelf, but it will be understood that theinvention' relates only t -o theshell and the interior may be fitted upas desired. In this view, 1 indicates the top wall, 2 the bottom walland 3 the ends walls.

The first mentioned or horizontal walls.are both secured to the endwalls, preferably by. means of extensions or tongues 1 that extendthrough the latter and receive wedges 5 (Figs; 2 and 5) all of which isdescribed in detail and claimed by me as a separateinvention in anotherapplication filed Janumy 26, 1914, Serial N0. 814,407. The end wallshave outstanding marginal flanges 6 covered by facing plates 7, securedby tie rods 8, as will also be disclosed in the said additionalapplication.

At both front and rear, the bottom wall 2 is flanged downwardly at 9 andthence horizontally at 10 to constitute supporting elements so that thesaid wall is raised or spaced in the manner of a false bottom when thesection is resting upon an adjoining section or surface.

The top wall is flanged upwardly at 11 at both its front and rear edgesand thence horizontally or inwardly at 12 and upwardly again at 13 toconstitute seats for the portions 91O of a similarly formed superposedsection to rest upon and at the front this seat is preferably reinforcedby an angle plate 11 welded or otherwise'secured to the flange 13 andto'the body of the wall 1. At the rear, the upstanding flange 13 isprovided with a plurality of slots or openings 15 at its base inalinement with the bottom 'versely of the top and bottom walls, as

shown. in Fig. a. At its top edge, an in wardly or forwardly turnedflange 19 has forwardly extending fiat projections 20 which cotiperatewith the slots or openings 15 by a forward movement of the top edge ofthe back in 'adirec-tion transversely to the plane of the llatter- -andparallel with the plane of the top wall while the flange 19 passes intothe seat l213 and is interposed between the latter and the superposedsec tion. It will thus be seen that to apply the back it is onlynecessary to interlock it at the bottom by an upward movementand thenswing the top edge forwardly. \Vhenthe extensions :20 have passedthrough the slots 15 they may be secured in other ways so far as somefeatures of my invention are concerned, but I prefer to give them alateral twist, as clearly shown in Figs. -l and 6, as this a si poperation and at the same time tends to draw the parts more closelytogether. i I A lining wall 21 having offset flanges'22 at .top andbottom may be applied to the back ,wall with the said flanges heldbetween the latter and the flanges 9 and 11, as shown in Fig. 4, and afilling 23 of heat insulating material supplied between the wall and itslining.

The ends of the back wall are preferably turned inwardly at 24 andthence flanged" laterally at 25 which last mentioned flanges are securedbetween the flanges of the end walls 3 and their facing plates 7, aswill be dealt with in the said additional application heretoforementioned. I I

I claim as my invention:

1. In a metallic furniture casing, the combination with-a wall providedwith an outwardly projecting marginaL flange having openings therein, ofan adjoining wall cooperating therewith and having an inwardly turnedflange parallel with the first mentioned wall provided with extensionspassing through the openings in said first mentioned flange and securedtherein. a 2. In a metallic furniture casing, the combination with awall having a marginal flange thereon proceeding outwardly and thenceinwardly parallel with the wall and thence outwardly again, said lastmentioned portion being provided with slots, of an adjoining wallcooperating therewith and having an inwardly turned flange superposedupon the said inwardly turned portion of the first 1 mentioned flangeand provided with extensions passing through the slots in the latter andsecured therein. v

3. In a metallic furniture casing for sectional furniture, thecombination with a horizontal wall having a marginal flange turnedvertically and thence inwardly in a horizontal direction and thencevertically again to provide a seat for the wall of an adjoining section,said seat being spaced from its said carrying Wall. v

4. In a metallic furniture casing for sectional furniture, thecombination with a horizontal wall having a marginal flange turnedvertically and thence inwardly in a horizontal direction and thence=vertioally 5. In a metallic 'furniturebasing; the com-I bination withtwo opposite: parallel walls respectively provided withbutwardly, pro

jecting marginal flanges, one of which has openings therein, of anintermediate lwall having a flange at one side adapted to interlock withthat on the other of said first mentioned walls by a lateral movement ina direction in the plane of said intermediate wall and having inwardlyprojecting extensions at the other side adapted to' enter the open-.ings in the flange of the opposite wall by an inward movement in adirection transversely of the plane ofthe intermediate wall and to besecured therein.-

6. In a metallic furniture casing, the combination with twooppositeparallel walls respectively provided with outwardly projectingmargmal flanges, one of which proceeds outwardly and thence inwardly andfinally outwardly 'again,the last mentioned portion being provided withopenings, of an intermediate wall having a flange at one side adapted tointerlock with that on the other of said first mentioned walls bmovement in a direction in, theip ane of said intermediate wall and aninwardly projecta lateral I ing flange at the other side arranged to lieagainst the inwardly proceeding portion. 'of the flange of the oppositewall and provided with extensions adapted to enter the openings in theadjacent portion of said flange by an inward movement in a directiontransversely of the plane of the intermediate wall and to be securedtherein.

ALBERT 'r. WEISS.

Witnesses:

,RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, H. E. STONEBRAKER.

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